Show VISION A few years ago it was said of a man who was particularly successful that on a clear day he could see 20 years ahead twenty years ago this man began to buy buy buy expand expand expand he created a great empire of business but in the late years of the last decade and in the late months of the last year of the decade something happened to his vision he went tumbling down with all the rest of us the observation leads to this inquiry how much of his success was luck was he really seeing 20 years ahead or was he carried to success on a tide that made him appear to be a superman who can see one year ahead right now thousands of highly intelligent men thought that they could see ahead in 1931 and 1932 I 1 if not broke most of them are now badly bent their calculations went awry somewhere in the months or years that lie immediately ahead the tide will turn those who are lucky enough to be aboard at the turn will ride to fortune others equally intelligent but less lucky will get aboard later young men I 1 having little to lose and everything to gain will be t the he bold boldest es t sailors older men humiliated by recent disasters will be cautious and fearful feard ul looking backa backward ard we can see that luck and recklessness are factors tor I 1 in every great fortune intelligence telli gence and energy are equally important but luck is the ingredient that insures boundless success |